This is the 22nd episode of the Social Media Security Podcast recorded January 21, 2011. This episode was hosted by Tom Eston and Scott Wright. Below are the show notes, links to articles and news mentioned in the podcast:

Skype credit email as an apology – a new trend we can expect in 2011 from good guys and bad guys. Screen shot mentioned in the podcast.Scott’s note: I searched for posts about this email before clicking on it, and it was actually legitimate. However, this would be a very compelling phishing attack for any organization that recently suffered a PR setback. Any time you get an unexpected email, even if it looks like the circumstances make sense, you need to check on its authenticity. And any organization issuing such an Email should also post an announcement of the campaign on their home page, and issue a press release to make it easy for people to verify the legitimacy of the email.

Facebook now tells you about people you know who have found friends using their Friend FinderScott’s note: I always tell people never to enter their email address and password on sites that aren’t their email service. You don’t know what they will do with your password, or if it might be captured. It also exposes your friends to potentially unwanted email messages – e.g. spam.

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This is the 10th episode of the Social Media Security Podcast recorded February 8, 2010. This episode was hosted by Tom Eston and Scott Wright. Below are the show notes, links to articles and news mentioned in the podcast:

Tom talks about some of the security and privacy issues regarding sites like Blippy and FourSquare. CyberStalking anyone?

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